Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 91 | He got up from the desk , then went to the window wall and stood there . |
| 92 | When he got up in the morning , his ankles felt ricketty . |
| 93 | He and Anne had a bathroom opening out of their bedroom but Adam , when he got up in the night , usually went to the other one that was on the far side of the landing . |
| 94 | ‘ Mum said he got up in the middle of the night to go to the toilet . |
| 95 | ‘ He slept like a log and when he got up in the morning and saw the car had gone he was very upset , ’ said a source . |
| 96 | He got through to the base camp to find out when the chap was coming to fix it . |
| 97 | yeah , you see , so we were laughing about this , anyway , Christopher phoned up and said he got through to the second part , he was the only one that was going through to the second part and he phoned up about forty five minutes later to say that he 'd erm , he 'd got the job |
| 98 | He got on with the job . |
| 99 | He got on to the internal phone and asked for petty cash , not specifying any amount . |
| 100 | He knew the man would be magnificent when he got on to the stage that night . |
| 101 | But when he got down to the streets where we live he said , ‘ If people want a cleaner Britain , they can start with their own street and their own neighbourhood ’ . |
| 102 | He got down to the serious matter of explaining to the gnomes that the intricate , almost scholarly , Fidchell that the Wolfkings had enjoyed , bore no resemblance to the horrid gruesome version that the Gruagach played . |
| 103 | He got down off the cart to pick a leaf from a roadside bush , and hoisting himself back into his seat resumed his journey , sucking on the leaf as he started to explain . |
| 104 | I was milking my goats in the field , and he got down on the ground and put his head near my foot . |
| 105 | There 'll be nobody in at this hour ! ’ he repeated loudly , to the men behind as he got down from the jeep . |
| 106 | He got down from the cab . |
| 107 | He got down from the wall and walked on . |
| 108 | He got down from the jeep and walked into the villa , his shirt crumpled , and his footsteps weary . |
| 109 | Completed shortly after he got out of the university , Nice Work retreated from academe to the extent of featuring a central character — Vic Wilcox , a dour Midlands MD — who , almost uniquely among his fictional creations , would not have read the novels of David Lodge . |
| 110 | I think he got out of the flat first and not out of debt . |
| 111 | When he got out of the shop she saw that he could hardly walk . |
| 112 | So he got out of the car . |
| 113 | He 'd give it back to her when he got out of the car . |
| 114 | Then he got out of the car and said something to me . |
| 115 | He got out of the car and stood back while they said their goodbyes . |
| 116 | He got out of the building and into the street as quickly as he could . |
| 117 | Then he got out of the car . |
| 118 | He got out of the car and began to walk towards the Embassy . |
| 119 | He got out of the car and crossed the deep , luxurious gravel of the Loxford Old Rectory drive . |
| 120 | Eventually , when he had slurped his way through the two cheeseburgers and large French fries , polished off an apple pie and a strawberry milkshake , he got out of the car and walked over to a litter-disposal unit . |